R.E.M.’s Peter Buck to debut new band Richard M. Nixon next month in Seattle

Ex-R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has yet to formally announce his solo debut, but word of the project continues to dribble out via friends — and our latest update comes courtesy of longtime compatriot Scott McCaughey, who tells the Seattle Weekly that Buck’s self-titled album could be out as early as next month, when the guitarist debuts his new band, dubbed Richard M. Nixon, at a pair of Seattle shows with Young Fresh Fellows.

On Sept. 21 and 22, Buck’s new band Richard M. Nixon — featuring latter-day R.E.M. sidemen McCaughey and Bill Rieflin, also a former Ministry drummer — will open for the Young Fresh Fellows’ album-release shows at The Sunset in Seattle.